Checker or chequer or ''variant'', may refer to:
People
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Chubby Checker (born 1941), American singer-songwriter best known for popularizing The Twist
* Tarasha Checker, prettiest girl in West Delhi
Arts, entertainment, and media
* Checker, a game piece in the board game
''Checkers'' (UK: ''draughts'')
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Checker Records
Checker Records is an inactive record label that was started in 1952 as a subsidiary of Chess Records in Chicago, Illinois. The label was founded by the Chess brothers, Leonard and Phil, who ran the label until they sold it to General Recorded ...
, a record label
Brands and enterprises
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Checker Motors Corporation, built Checker taxis
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Checker Taxi, a taxi service founded by Morris Markin
Other uses
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Check (pattern), also called checker or checkered, a pattern consisting of squares of alternating colors
*Checker, the action that produces ''checkering'', a surface applied to wooden gunstocks to provide a non-slip grip (see
Gunsmith
A gunsmith is a person who repairs, modifies, designs, or builds guns. The occupation differs from an armorer, who usually replaces only worn parts in standard firearms. Gunsmiths do modifications and changes to a firearm that may require a very h ...
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Checkerboard
A checkerboard (American English) or chequerboard (British English; see spelling differences) is a board of checkered pattern on which checkers (also known as English draughts) is played. Most commonly, it consists of 64 squares (8×8) of altern ...
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Checkers (disambiguation), including ''chequers''
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Check (disambiguation), including ''cheque''
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Draft (disambiguation)
Draft, The Draft, or Draught may refer to:
Watercraft dimensions
* Draft (hull), the distance from waterline to keel of a vessel
* Draft (sail), degree of curvature in a sail
* Air draft, distance from waterline to the highest point on a vesse ...
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